The Russellville Cyclones Football Booster Club’s 13th annual Cyclone Classic golf tournament tees off Friday at the Russellville Country Club to help raise money for the Russellville Cyclones football program.

“I think this might be the biggest yet,” booster club vice president Sammy Hughes said. “There are 22 teams involved right now, which is, I think the largest number we’ve ever had.”

Trophies and plaques will be awarded the first-, second- and third-place teams after the 4-man scramble scheduled to begin after lunch on Friday, but prizes will also be awarded in a longest drive competition, closest to the pin and hole-in-one as well as many other door prizes.

“This year we have a car from Phil Wright out there for a hole-in-one on No.11,” Hughes said. “We have prizes like golf clubs and things like that to give away and door prizes. We have so much stuff to give away it’s unreal. Range finders and cameras and things like that. We have nice prizes to be given away in drawings before the tournament even starts.”

The cost of the tournament is $62.50 for an individual or $250 for a team, and every penny goes to the booster club. Hughes said the cost of supporting the football team is immense.

“Before I got involved with the booster club, I had no idea,” Hughes said. “We have something like a $50,000 budget just to break even. People don’t realize it, but from seventh-grade on up, we take care of all the meals they [football players] eat when travel. The schools don’t do that. We also give out two $1,000 dollar scholarships to seniors on the team.

"Then there’s 7-on-7 over the summer, or a kid who can’t afford shoes or something. We try to keep them with good equipment and in good shape.”

For more information, call Hughes at (501) 516-1460. Hughes said there is still room for more teams for the scramble. Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by lunch and then tee-off.